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We are here at the offices of FoodFor the Poor. Traveling from the airport, the entire area is a tent cities with outdoor showers and latrines. Not good. It is early yet. Ed Buckley Sent from my iPhone
John and I are in Ft Lauderdale preparing to leave for Port au Prince at 6 am. We just had dinner with Sandra Caskey of Food for the Poor. Lots of anticipation on what we can do to bring more water to Port au Prince and points beyond. I am looking forward to a good,...
Ed and I are packing up and testing our phones. We hope that you will check out the blog as we update it remotely – this is its first test this year. Its amazing how much technology is forgotten over the course of one year! We look forward to your comments and hope you will...
Food For the Poor has issued the following press release for our trip to Anse a Veau, which is only days away. Keep track of the trip on our blog. var docstoc_docid=”54305532″;var docstoc_title=”Press Release”;var docstoc_urltitle=”Press Release”; Press Release
In looking at the next project, I thought it would be good to reflect on what has been accomplished. Along with this post is a map of the existing wells and water towers. The red dots are the water towers and the blue dots denote the location of exiting wells – over eighty of them....
Hey everyone – sorry for the long lapse in posts. We are building toward another trip to Haiti beginning September 12. It will be a short trip to visit a new FFP project site and discuss water needs. The project is in Anse a Veau, Haiti, which is in the boot portion of the country...
Thankfully FFP’s homes for the elderly and orphanages in Port au Prince are still standing and the people are safe. The UN has posted an update recently that, in summary, explains that the Government has declared the search and rescue phase over. There were 132 live rescues by international search and rescue teams. Humanitarian relief...
Friends, by now you have heard of the devastating earthquake that has hit Haiti. Port au Prince is flattened. Hospitals are destroyed. Government centers are in ruins. The hotel Montana, where many of us used to stay has collapsed. Now, a massive relief effort is underway. Haiti is just a few hundred miles off our...
Food For The Poor Updated Information: Interview available with Executive Director Angel Aloma, and staff member in Haiti. COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 12, 2010) – An earthquake hit off the coast of Haiti, about 10 miles west from the Caribbean nation’s capital of Port-au-Prince, according to the US Geological Society. The earthquake had a preliminary...
Only a few short weeks ago, we finished our tip through Haiti in Port au Prince. At the time, it was a thriving city – the epicenter of commercial life in Haiti. Over three million people live there, many in poverty. Yesterday, January 12, 2010, the worst earthquake in 200 years hit Haiti with its...